Written on: 19/11/2003 by redbaron (16 reviews written)
The long-awaited much-vaunted Apple OS X 10.3 Panther. The first thing that strikes you is the speed of startup, the whole initialisation of setup is about 5 times faster and shutdown is much the same. This is a significant improvement and if you have a G5 is magnified but G4 users will notice considerable improvement. Those critics of the Print Centre under 10.2 will be pleased that it is now more like the old days with an automatic spooler. This is definitely an improvement as the... (read more)
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David Waller's Response to redbaron's Review
Written on: 24/02/2004
Whilst the general thrust of the review is agreeable, the serious deficiency of the appleshare incompatibility neeed reemphasizing. A small LAN on ethernet trying to embrace a new and exciting upgrade (G4 with Panther)to increase the flexibility of the system is thrown into total confusion.... Can't access files on G3'S Running 9.2 can't use the printer network all because of Appleshare System errors constantly running out of the bush. Sorry, but all the benefits outlined in the review are negated by this deficiency... We're back to 9.2 on all the stations... thanks.